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Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures…

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…

A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired e…

A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays o…

Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.

To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.

The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowled…

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks…

An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts,…

That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.

Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal pa…